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Pinwizkid In reply to NPCWolf [2010-07-29 03:54:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanky

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Neocryothan In reply to Mighty-Fan [2010-06-24 05:29:15 +0000 UTC]

correct! In the old comics and cartoons he hated being called eggman.....wounder why they changed that?

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NPCWolf In reply to Neocryothan [2010-07-28 23:48:17 +0000 UTC]

I heard it was a slam against the soviet union way back when the cold war was still happening. (sputnik, robotnik)

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Pinwizkid In reply to Mercede3s [2009-11-02 02:26:54 +0000 UTC]

Um, they're the same.

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DooMGuy117 In reply to Pinwizkid [2011-05-26 19:13:16 +0000 UTC]

no. they're actually not the same. Robotnik is Eggman's grandfather. they're VERY similar, but they ARE different.

also, this is Eggman from i believe Sonic Adventure 2.


either way, this is VERY well drawn i like it

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n5d25d90 In reply to DooMGuy117 [2011-09-04 20:00:31 +0000 UTC]

History lesson for newbie fans of Sonic the Hedgehog.

In the early '90s, Sega was trying to find a new mascot to go up against Nintendo's Mario. One of the characters being decided upon was a character whose design was based off of Teddy Roosevelt, and was dressed in pajamas and a nightcap. They eventually used this character as the villain of the series.

Most likely taking the name Eggman from the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus" (which would explain Eggman's classic design as he slightly resembles a walrus), Sega realized that the name would not be taken seriously by Western audiences.

Enter Dean Sitton, the guy who came up with a new name for this villain. The name used was Ivo Robotnik, which was a much better name than most of the other names he came up with (Mr. Bad Wrench? And some people think EGGMAN is a horrible name). Robotnik is the Polish word for laborer and is where the term "robot" comes from. Ivo happens to be Ovi spelled backwards (ovi being a form of the latin ovum, meaning "egg"), though Dean credits Ivo as the name of his sister's boyfriend at the time, or something weird like that. From 1991-1999, the character was almost exclusively refered to as Dr. Robotnik in the Western culture that Sonic the Hedgehog was brought into.

In 1999, Sonic Adventure came out, and around this time Sega decided that having two different storylines for two different cultures wasn't necessary anymore because by then manga and anime were embraced by Western culture. Thus, they decided to combine the continuities of the Sega games (keep in mind that the different comic and cartoon continuities were not combined with them, no matter how many times someone may bring up Ovi Kintobor or Julian when talking about the games; these arguments are only valid in the minds of people who read the comics or watch the cartoons semi-religiously). According to Yuji Naka, the lead programmer of the original Sonic game and considered one of the "fathers" of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, Dr. Ivo Robotnik would be the character's real name, while Dr. Eggman would be his alias (his nickname, if you will).

Now, you mentioned Eggman's grandfather's name was Robotnik. It is; his name is Gerald Robotnik. He also has a granddaughter, Maria Robotnik. Robotnik is the family name, and was most likely used to remind the older fans that the name Robotnik was not going to disappear, and was still canon to the games.

Sorry if this makes me come off as a dick, but it really annoys me when people act like they know something when the information they provide has been proven false, by something that takes less than five minutes to look up on Google. I'm not a bad person, this is just one of my peeves. Trust me, I facepalm whenever people complain about Megaman's name or why somebody calls Resident Evil "Biohazard" lol

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NPCWolf In reply to Pinwizkid [2010-07-28 23:46:58 +0000 UTC]

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king-newmic In reply to king-newmic [2008-04-09 04:35:58 +0000 UTC]

opps, forgot to tell you that it's an awsome drawing!

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Pinwizkid In reply to king-newmic [2008-04-13 17:13:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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